Both U.S. senators representing Illinois slammed the confirmation of Pete Hegseth to be the new defense secretary.

Both of Illinois' Democratic senators, Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, voted against Hegseth's confirmation, calling him ...

As a Republican, her vote on Hegseth’s confirmation has immense power, as Hegseth can only afford to lose three Republican ...

The 2020 settlement by Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon was revealed in response to Sen. Warren’s confirmation questions.

One was Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., whose son attended Yale Law School with Driscoll, and who read an endorsement of ...

Update: Pete Hegseth was confirmed by the Senate Friday night as the new secretary of defense by a slim 51-50 margin, with ...

The nominee for Army secretary faced questions about new tech and politics in the military, but little was said about ...

As the investigation into a deadly plane crash in Washington, D.C., gets underway, U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois), a former U.S. Army Black Hawk pilot, will be looking into what happened as ...

President Donald Trump and his nominee for Army secretary fielded questions about a fatal collision between a Black Hawk and ...

President Donald Trump's unconventional pick for Army secretary, Dan Driscoll, appeared poised for a smooth confirmation after a Senate hearing Thursday with little Democrat pushback.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a former Blackhawk pilot, talked with CBS News' Nikole Killion about the midair collision of a plane ...

Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee told CBS News in an interview. "I really urge my Republican colleagues to put national security ahead of their loyalty ...